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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

497 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 25

Railway Mismanagement

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 4

THE producer of this State has a very hard row to hoe. He is compelled to battle against adverse conditions in the shape of drought,…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 5

Two navvies, named Thomas Hayes and Timothy Murphy, were run over by a train at Cardiff, in the Newcastle district, last night…

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The Transvaal War. LONDON, April 18. the Train Disaster

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 3

Details of the train disaster at Machavie in which a number of New Zealanders were killed and wounded show that owing to a mistake the troop train proceeded…

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High Speed Electric Railways

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

THE Berlin-Zossen high speed electric railway experiments have come to a rather inglorious end. It was originally hoped that the special car, built…

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Inverell-Guyra Railway

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

THE Public Works Committee visited Guyra on Saturday last for the purpose of taking evidence in regard to proposed lines of railway from Glen Innes, or from…

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Glen Innes[?]Inverell Railway

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

ONCE more, members of the Public Works Committee are in Glen Innes. On this occasion their labors are…

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Inverell-Glen Innes Railway. Public Works Committee at Glen Innes. Taking Evidence on the Proposal. Monday's Sitting

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 2

THE Sectional portion of the Public Works Committee-- consisting of Messrs. J. M'Farlane (chairman), S. W. Moore, A. Kethel, J. Hughes, J. S. Hawthorne, and…

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Guyra-Inverell Railway. Public Works Committee Inquiry

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 3

The Public Works Committee (Messrs. J. M'Farlane, chairman, Hons. W. R. Campbell, Juo. Hughes and A. A. Ketbel, [?] Messrs…

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Railway Earnings

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 5

The gross railway earnings for the quarter ending March, show an increase of £24,394, and an expenditure of £26,169…

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London by Night. On the "All-night" Tram

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 2

An "all-night" tram! Many a one of the thousand toilers of the London night has reason to bless that means of transit for weary limbs. Moreover, since they have…

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Gayra-Inverell Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 4

The Public Works Committee has paid its promised visit to the northwestern portion, of this district, and has traversed the country through…

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How Railways Grow

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 6

AT the beginning of the present century the railways of the world embraced nearly 480,000 miles. The average increase in the length of the…

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The Railway Question

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 3

THE members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee left for Newton Boyd on Wednesday last, and took evidence in connection with the coastal railway at that place the some afternoon…

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Railway Question

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

IT may be hoped the hour [?] question of routes and rival routes in this and adjoining…

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The Coastal Railway. Tuesday's Sitting

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 1

The Committee resumed its sitting on Tuesday morning for the purpose of enquiring into the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Tenterfield to Casino…

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Inverell-Glen Innes Railway. Public Works Committee at Glen Innes. Taking Evidence on the Proposal. Monday's Sitting

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 1

THE Sectional portion of the Public Works Committee--consisting of Messrs. J. M'Farlane, (chairman), S. W. Moore, A. Kethel, J. Hughes, J. S. Hawthorne, and…

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Facination of Bridge

The Inverell Times · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 2

As most people are aware, the great card game which has taken Society by storm is "Bridge." Why this game should have attained the…

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Railway Matters

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 2

The Public Works Committee, which of late has been devoting its time to obtaining evidence in connection with propositions to build a line of…

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Great Modern Inventions. Railways

The Inverell Times · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 2

An American scientific writer says: From the earliest ties until the second quarter of the present century there was no change in the methods of artificial locomotion. The…

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In a Japenese Railway Car

The Inverell Times · Saturday 26 April 1902 · page 2

A writer in the "Pall Mall Magazine," in describing scenes in Japanese railways, says when a native lady enters a carriage she slips her feet…

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